Watlington Climate Action GroupJun 21, 20222 min readNo Mow May and JuneSeveral sites in Watlington took part in the “No Mow May” initiative, with owners and managers encouraging a more relaxed approach to...
Watlington Climate Action GroupMay 7, 20222 min readThe Proof is in the Plants, by Simon HillBook Review: Tom Robinson This 2021 book by nutritionist and physiotherapist Simon Hill summarises the most contemporary scientific...
Watlington Climate Action GroupMay 7, 20222 min readWatlington Climate Action Plan: What is our carbon Footprint?In my last two articles, I explored the science which links Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere, how that affects global temperatures and...
Watlington Climate Action GroupApr 3, 20222 min readApril - Green Plan UpdateA good hedgerow is much more than the sum of its parts; it is an entire sustainable ecosystem. That also very much describes the Watlington
Watlington Climate Action GroupFeb 26, 20223 min readHigh Sheriff's Climate Action Heroes Awards.High Sheriff - Climate Action Heroes Awards Ceremony 21st February 2022 Held at The Oxford Trust, Stansfeld Park, Quarry Road,...
Watlington Climate Action GroupFeb 15, 20222 min readCan we get to “Net Zero” in Watlington?In December Watlington Parish Council agreed a Climate Action Plan which commits the council to work to achieve “Net-zero Carbon Dioxide...
Watlington Climate Action GroupJan 9, 20222 min readThe Importance of being ImperfectEveryone can make a difference to their impact on the planet, and there are many ways to achieve this, but the mix of things will be...
Watlington Climate Action GroupJan 9, 20222 min readGreen Plan Update: January 2022 WATLINGTON’S HEDGEROW PROJECT What a morning it was on the 11 December! About 25 volunteers bearing spades gathered in West Meadow to...
Watlington Climate Action GroupJan 9, 20221 min readWhat is the shape of your footprint?Everyone’s environmental footprint is different, but what shape is yours and what shape would you like it to be? 1. First mark on...
Watlington Climate Action GroupNov 20, 20212 min readLooking forward to the Christmas Tree Festival! WCAG is joining organisations across Watlington in creating a Christmas Tree for the Christmas Tree Festival at St Leonards Church. The...
Nicola SchaferNov 13, 20211 min readSharing Pigments"Sharing Pigments" is a short film which documents the project to collect pigments from trees around Oxfordshire, representing the...
Watlington Climate Action GroupNov 13, 20214 min readLive Well For The PlanetIt was I believe, following the brilliant success of the film our very own Nicola Schafer produced on Hedgerows that I suggested perhaps...
Watlington Climate Action GroupNov 10, 20214 min readUp The AskChris Packham talks to Philip Lymbery at the Peter Roberts Compassion in Farming Lecture On Sunday 7th November I had the pleasure of...
Watlington Climate Action GroupOct 31, 20213 min readCOP-26 - More broken promises, or real changeWhat to expect from COP-26? COP-26: humanity’s last hope to avert climate catastrophe? Muddling bureaucracy, baffling policies and...
Watlington Climate Action GroupOct 31, 20212 min readWatlington Hedgehog Highway SchemeAt the Green Plan Art Trail on August Bank Holiday weekend, WCAG launched a Hedgehog Highway Scheme – a project to try and get as many...
Watlington Climate Action GroupSep 26, 20213 min readGREEN PLAN : Tree Foster Care SchemeOne of the drivers for the Watlington Climate Action Group and the Green Plan is to increase tree cover in the parish to improve...
Watlington Climate Action GroupSep 3, 20213 min readTo our amazing Green Plan Art Trail volunteers.Thank you so much for helping make the Green Plan Art Trail a reality! Our ambitious plan could not have happened without you. There were...
Watlington Climate Action GroupSep 3, 20211 min read"From the Ground Up: 20 Stories of Climate Action""From the Ground Up: 20 Stories of Climate Action" is an art exhibition by some of the community action groups that make up the...
Watlington Climate Action GroupAug 1, 20211 min readGreen Plan Update August 2021Celebrating Grasslands This summer seems to be exceptional for wildflowers which in turn attract a range of pollinators from bumblebees...
Watlington Climate Action GroupAug 1, 20211 min readWatlington Library Summer Reading ChallengeA collaboration between Watlington Library and the Green Plan Art Trail, this list features children's books about the different habitats...
